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Fast Forward Israeli Couple Welcomes Birth of 100th Great-Grandchild
An Israeli couple welcomed the birth of their 100th great-grandchild. Michael Mittwoch, 92, and his wife Marion, 90, celebrated the bris of Dagan Raz last week, according to Israeli media reports. They called the new baby and their other great-grandchildren “our answer to Hitler,” Ynet reported. The Mittwochs were born in Germany and each fled…
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Fast Forward Tunis Memorial Held for Paris Supermarket Attack Victim
A memorial was held in Tunis for one of the Jewish men killed during an attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris. Yoav Hattab, 21, was the son of the city’s chief rabbi. The memorial was held Saturday night outside of the Great Synagogue in Tunis. About 1,500 Jews live in Tunis. About 150 people…
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Fast Forward Israel Fires Missiles On Syrian Village in Golan Heights: Reports
An Israeli helicopter has fired two missiles on the Syrian village of Quneitra in the Golan Heights, Lebanese media is reporting. The Israel Defense Forces did not confirm the strikes, saying it does not comment on foreign media reports. Syrian media also did not report the alleged air strikes. It is believed the rockets struck…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Protesters Throw Shoes, Eggs at Canadian Foreign Minister in Ramallah
Palestinian protesters threw shoes and eggs at Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird in Ramallah after he met with his Palestinian counterpart. Baird was not hurt during Sunday’s demonstration, though an egg struck the top of his car as it left the foreign ministry compound in Ramallah in the West Bank following a meeting with Palestinian…
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Fast Forward 3 Palestinians Sorry for Torching German Synagogue
Three defendants on trial for an arson attack on the Wuppertal Synagogue last July have apologized in court. The defendants, ages 18, 24 and 29, are all of Palestinian descent. Testifying on Jan. 14 in the Wuppertal district court, which is located 330 miles west of Berlin, they said they had been angry about the…
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Fast Forward Jim Clancy Quits CNN After ‘Cripple on Edge of Herd’ Tweet on Israel
Veteran CNN anchor Jim Clancy stepped down on Friday, one week after a series of Twitter posts in which he mocked pro-Israel tweeters on a thread discussing the Charlie Hebdo massacre. Neither CNN nor Jim Clancy gave a reason for his departure, which was reported by AdWeek. Clancy had worked at CNN for 34 years….
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Fast Forward Duke Scraps Muslim Call to Prayer From Chapel Belltower
Duke University announced and then quickly reversed a decision this week to allow Muslim students to use the chapel belltower to broadcast a weekly call to prayer. The reversal came Thursday, just two days after the North Carolina university first announced would allow the call to prayer, called the adhan, from its iconic belltower. The…
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Fast Forward Schools Shut in Belgium and Holland After Bloody Anti-Terror Raid
Jewish schools in Belgium and Amsterdam were temporarily shuttered following a police raid on suspected terrorists. In Antwerp and Brussels, major Jewish schools suspended their activity on Friday as a response to security force’s decision to escalate Belgium’s level of alert to the penultimate Level 3, the online edition of the Joods Actueel monthly reported….
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